Why does my rabbit expel so much fur?

[babiebun]

She is a one-year old mini lop doe and is still unsprayed (I’m broke from spaying and neutering my other three buns so her big snip has to wait a bit lawl). Anyway, she has thicker fur than all of my other bunnies. It’s a nice soft coat and everything BUT she expels so much fur. Everytime, we hold her or put her down she literally drops fur everywhere. When she walks, she just releases fur wherever she goes. Whenever I have to dust, I always see that only her fur comprises 90% of the dander in my house (IT’S ALWAYS HER HAIR!). It’s hard to keep dealing with the fur problem, especially since my mom is a real neat freak and she’s always on my case about it. Even in the HEPA filter we use, it’s always her fur that’s majority of time in the filter. SO tl;dr she’s way too furry and I would like to know a way to keep her shedding down a bit. 

Her lifestyle: 

She is fed 1/4 cup of pellets per day with unlimited hay and water.

She is fed about a cup of vegetables a day, mostly romaine lettuce, collard greens, cilantro, and bok choy. 

She is groomed once a week using a furminator. 

She’s kind of pudgy compared to my other buns. She is about 6 pounds and she hates exercise even when I let her out to run. 

Oh and we use a HEPA filter, but although it helps with reducing the fur, that rabbit of mine still sheds too much. 

My other three rabbits don’t even produce that much dander. (One is a mini lop, and two-mini rex/mini lo mixes). 

What can I do? 

[mollys1]

I would suggest brushing her more often. Every day may be what you have to do to keep the fur from flying everywhere I’ve found that I can just pluck loose hair off my bun with my fingers. I’ve also heard that dipping your hands in a bowl of water (so they are damp) and then petting can get more hair off. Others might have diet or other suggestions I’ve just not heard of anything other than grooming more!

[longhairmike]

after brushing, stroke her with wet hands to pick up all the fur that the brush loosened but didn’t release.
rub hands together in circle to ball it up and toss it, repeat until hands are no longer picking up fur

[LBJ10]

Different coats do different things. Some bunnies “blow their coat” all at once (like my Wooly) and some just shed continuously (like my Leopold). Some bunnies have thicker fur and some thinner. I imagine if your bunny sheds continuously and has a dense coat, then there is potential for a lot of fur.

[Stickerbunny]

She sounds like my Powder, he sheds ALL THE TIME and you can pet / brush him and always get fur. I tell him he sheds more fur than his body looks to have on it. His fur is the stuff that coats my PC fans, my floors and pretty much everything (I just pulled his fur off the apple I am eating and he’s not even in the room ). He sheds 24/7 365 and there isn’t much I can do about it.

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